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School pictures from Thomas



We got the school pictures from Thomas today. He is looking good. He is having some trouble in school. The teacher said he missed part of his homework two days in a row, and did badly on the test. I asked him about it, because I always check his homework. It seems he has only been doing half the work, and been saying it was done. He was crying when he told me. I was calm, and tried to be constructive. He said they gave him way too much homework . With this I can agree! He is in the 2ND grade and has 3 pages of writing to do everyday (too much)! We are going to be checking what the normal level is for the second grade. Thomas goes to a special language school. At our last parent teacher conference, the teacher said the level in the school was much higher then the normal German grade schools. I think my son is smart, but he already has enough pressure to learn both English and German (and he has only been in Germany two years). I don't need to have is spirit broken by some over achieving grade school program. He is a child, and can not be doing 3 hours of homework every after noon. We will take care of this problem...you can be sure of that!
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